Music-105

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Cantata?

A choral work, usually on a sacred subject and frequently built on a chorale tune, combining aria, recitative, chorus, and instrumental accompaniment.

Basso Continuo?

Continuous bass. A bass part performed by (1) a chordal instrument such as a keyboard instrument or a lute, and (2) a bass instrument such as a cello, viola da gamba, or bassoon that reinforces the bass line.

concerto?

A work for one or more solo instruments.

concerto grosso

A multi-movement work for instruments in which a solo group called the concertino and full ensemble called the repieno are pitted against each other.

Chordophones?

all stringed instruments, including those that are plucked, struck, or bowed.

Aerophones?

wind instruments of all kind.

Idiophones?

solid instruments that are hit, struck together, shaken, scraped, rubbed, or have a hard extension (such as piece of metal attached to an instrument) that is plucked to produce their sounds.

Membranophones?

drums that produce their sounds by the vibration of a membrane that is stretched across all or part of the instrument.

largo
grave
lento
adagio
andante
moderato

very slow largo (broad)

grave (grave, solemn)

slow lento

adagio(leisurely;literally,@ease)

moderate andante (at walking pace)

moderato

andante
moderato
allegretto
allegro
vivace
presto
prestissmo

moderate andante (at walking pace)

moderato

fast allegretto

allegro(faster than allegretto

cheerful; literally)

very fast vivace (vivacious)

presto

prestissmo (as fast as possible)

counterpoint?

A musical texture consisting of two or more equal and independent melodic lines sounding simultaneously. see also ployphony

Baroque Period ?-?

1600-1750

Aria?

A composition for solo voice and instrumental accompaniment.

fugue?

A composition that uses imitation polyphony and is organized around the returns of a theme or subject and a countermelody that often appears with it. Fugues can have more than one subject, but just one is more common.